This paper believes that serious flaws exist in Wang Xiaolu＇s calculation of grey income in China for the following reasons.＂ （1） It is not sound methodology to match households with different income levels by usi...This paper believes that serious flaws exist in Wang Xiaolu＇s calculation of grey income in China for the following reasons.＂ （1） It is not sound methodology to match households with different income levels by using Engel coefficients; （2） The way Wang collected data cannot make up for statistical distortion in the National Bureau of Statistics＇ data; （3） Wang did not provide reasonable explanations for both the income inequality as derived from the estimated income groups and the change in income inequality between the two years he compared,＂ （4）Wang＇s calculation of grey income lacks a basic logical foundation.展开更多
文摘This paper believes that serious flaws exist in Wang Xiaolu＇s calculation of grey income in China for the following reasons.＂ （1） It is not sound methodology to match households with different income levels by using Engel coefficients; （2） The way Wang collected data cannot make up for statistical distortion in the National Bureau of Statistics＇ data; （3） Wang did not provide reasonable explanations for both the income inequality as derived from the estimated income groups and the change in income inequality between the two years he compared,＂ （4）Wang＇s calculation of grey income lacks a basic logical foundation.
